Welcome to Wrexham (2022) s01e13 Episode Script

1
[soft dramatic music]
GEMMA:
So I'm just making the list
of who needs to be in
for a review today.
So we've got quite
a busy morning.
[indistinct chatter]
How are you? You all right?
- Yeah.
GEMMA:
It's gonna be a busy morning.
I know, yeah.
I figured out.
GEMMA: I hope you've
had your breakfast.
Yeah.
[laughter]
GEMMA:
My name is Gemma Bamford.
I'm the first team
sports therapist
here at Wrexham Football Club.
This is my sixth season,
but it's my first season
with the first team.
KEVIN: Yeah, and no bleeding
last night, this morning?
No, no, fine.
KEVIN: Okay.
All right, that's fine.
I'm happy with that.
GEMMA: Kevin's the
head physio within Wrexham,
so I'm sort of just under him.
So we'll both do assessments,
we'll both do treatments.
And we'll both do the
rehabilitation side of things.
You got to come
and speak to me, Rhys.
Look how many people
I've got to see.
- Still?
- Don't get involved.
Go on, Gemma! Love that!
[Gemma laughs]
GEMMA: Being a female in a
male-dominated environment
can be challenging at times.
You almost have to work
a little bit harder
and say what you think,
even if you're disagreeing
with someone.
At the end of the day,
you've got a job to do.
Okay, next one on.
Certain times
are not the nicest,
you know, dealing with feet.
[laughs] I don't think
anyone really wants to.
They're not the nicest area
of the body.
[laughing] It's like, you know,
you just have to do it.
BUDDY: [singing] Every day,
it's a-gettin' closer
Going faster than
a roller coaster
Love like yours will
surely come my way
A-hey, hey, hey, hey
Every day,
it's a-gettin' faster
Everyone said
go ahead and ask her
Love like yours will
surely come my way
A-hey, hey, hey, hey
Love like yours will
surely come my way
[crowd cheering]
ANNOUNCER: Past again.
Davies takes a chance!
[cheering]
MARK: We're into March,
and Wrexham have just pulled
off five straight victories
ANNOUNCER: Mullin
one-on-one with the keeper!
[cheering]
MARK: Lifting them
all the way to third place,
well positioned for the
final stretch of the season.
[dramatic music]
As long as they can
keep everyone healthy,
they should be challenging
for a top spot come May.
Rob Lainton,
he's been absolutely
outstanding, hasn't he?
WAYNE: Yeah.
I don't think you'll get a
better keeper, if I'm honest.
ANNOUNCER: Punched by Lainton.
Stretched really well there.
ANNOUNCER 2: Back to Mitchell,
great stop by Rob Lainton.
ANNOUNCER 3: It bobbles around
in the goalmouth!
Lainton stretches!
That's a hell of a catch.
[cheering]
We got 18 games left.
We got 11 at home.
One word answer:
are we going up?
Absolutely.
WAYNE: Thank you very much.
[chuckling] Yeah, pleasure.
KEVIN: So we went through
the scan with you.
Nice and clear, yeah?
LAINTON: Mm.
KEVIN: So the slight
horizontal tear
you have the back in the knee
in the meniscus is stable.
This one here?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
KEVIN: So if we won
the league automatically,
I'd want to get it done
straight away.
Yeah?
KEVIN: And whereas
if we get to the playoffs,
I'd want it done straight
after the playoffs
LAINTON: The playoff
KEVIN: Get knocked out,
or the final,
so that we can get you back
in the quickest time
for next season.
[somber music]
LAINTON: Gone through a few
years of bad injuries,
and stop-start, stop-start,
and I just want
to enjoy it again.
You can't let your mind go,
otherwise you won't do your job
to the best of your ability
when your head's not in it.
I won't stop doing
the things I'm doing.
Where's Dibble?
He's not got his coat.
CHRISTIAN:
Rob's absolutely brilliant.
I know people say
you're both fighting
for the same spot, but,
you know, me and Rob
are good friends as well.
Sorry love, off, but
CHRISTIAN: Course you can.
Just me on top.
PERSON: In here.
- Go away, camera.
No, it doesn't matter.
[laughter]
Doesn't matter
PERSON: [laughing] Go away!
You can get me.
CHRISTIAN: Watch out here
[indistinct]
- Sugar. Right.
Oh, you're very tall.
CHRISTIAN: Yeah, very tall.
[laughter]
CHRISTIAN:
Get one of them in there.
Look, he can
- Who's he? Who's he?
CHRISTIAN: Take a picture
of the other goalkeeper.
There, that's Rob.
[laughter]
He's the other goalie?
LAINTON: All right.
GRANDMOTHER: Oh,
my grandsons will love this.
[LAUGHTER]
- Rob Lainton, too.
CHRISTIAN: There we go.
And who's that in the front?
That's Shaun.
PERSON: Driver, driver.
Oh. Is he a player?
PERSON: He's a driver.
CHRISTIAN: He's both.
LAINTON: Track seat.
[laughter]
GRANDMOTHER: Is he a
LAINTON: Shaun Brisley, yeah.
What'sis he a player?
LAINTON: Shaun Brisley, yeah.
I'm gonna get him.
CHRISTIAN:
Yeah, get him as well.
[laughter]
GRANDMOTHER: For my grandsons,
season ticket holders.
They'll be over theoh,
he's a handsome one and all.
PERSON: Yeah, isn't he?
GRANDMOTHER: Too, this.
PLAYER: Handsome one. Bravo.
- You're all handsome.
[indistinct chatter]
See you later.
[engine revving]
[horn honks]
[person chuckles]
PERSON: You hear that?
We're just doing team shape
across the pitch, okay?
So Rob's going to go
in that goal,
and we're gonna attack
towards that goal.
[somber music]
I've had many
setbacks in my career.
I've hadI've had bad spells
in my career,
and here at Wrexham,
I just thought
I was getting my chance,
but I'm just not playing.
PHIL: How'd you feel?
You see other people
like your friends
doing well and winning.
Right tomorrow,
d'you know what I mean?
And then toes goes back.
[chuckles]
It'sit's tough.
[somber music]
Why can't I play in that game?
I'm not gonna
fucking play tomorrow.
[somber music]
For me, I just want
to get back playing.
It makes me even more hungry
to prove more people wrong.
It's science-based, innit?
[indistinct chatter]
These two guys in it, look.
TYLER: Don't worry about Cam.
All three of us
have been warriors
in FUT Champs on FIFA.
So you've got to play
20 games on the weekend,
and the more wins you get,
the better packs you get.
But it's ridiculously stressful.
TYLER: Never his ball.
Blow the fucking whistle.
CAMERON:
As you can hear by Tyler.
He's got a corner in the
122nd minute of extra time.
DANIEL: And you stay mentally
stable, that's the main thing.
Yeah, well, you're supposed
to stay mentally stable.
TYLER: Yeah, but it's hard
when you've got to sit
in a room with these two,
'cause they can get
fucking annoying.
CAMERON: My mental stability
is next to zero.
Football plays obviously
the biggest part in it.
And 22 years of age,
I don't appreciate people
telling me white lies.
I'd rather people
just be honest with me.
So he started me
in the FA Cup game,
said I was one of the
better players on the pitch,
and then I didn't start again.
He just brought me off the
bench whenever we were losing.
And now it's like
the transfer window.
I'm 22 years of age.
I want to go and play football.
And I'm not being
allowed to go out.
It's justyou know,
this job is so frustrating,
because you want
to play football.
I don't care about money
or anything like that.
I just want to play.
You know, I do try
and stay positive, lads.
Pressure is on.
[dramatic music]
WREXHAM FANS:
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
[cheering]
ANNOUNCER: Substitution
of JamesJordan Davies.
The ball goes through
to Coulson.
Lainton with
an excellent save.
And Lainton againand the
ball's gone over the bar.
Rob Lainton puts his body
body on the line
every single game.
[applause]
FAN: Go, Wrexham!
ANNOUNCER: Really taking one
for the team there,
Rob Lainton.
ANNOUNCER2 : Lainton's
going to have to come off
in the 62nd minute.
This isn't good.
Christian Dibble is gonna be
the man in goal for Wrexham.
ANNOUNCER: Not one you want
to see at all,
especially not
for someone like Robbie.
[somber music]
Found it so hard to come by
with injuries and luck.
Had a couple of times
this season.
It's good to see
that he's sat up.
[cheers and applause]
But he looks
in some serious discomfort.
[cheers and applause]
And we wish Rob
a speedy recovery.
[cheers and applause]
And Dibble making his way
onto the field.
WREXHAM FANS: Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham!
[somber music fading]
DAVE: Hey, guys.
Yeah, good. [indistinct]
How are you, mate? You okay?
DAVE: So I'll just go over
what you CT scan shows, Rob.
Essentially, you got
a dislocated wrist, um,
which is probably
one of the worst injuries
you can have in the wrist.
LAINTON: Okay.
DAVE: The goals
of the operation
are to assess all the injuries
and to stabilize the wrist,
allowing you to return
to full play and full function.
It is a potential
career-ending injury.
Yeah.
DAVE: But if we do our best
and it heals well
and you recover well,
I'd be hopeful
of getting you back to play
as soon as possible.
DAVE: [chuckles]
Maybe not that.
Maybe not that quick.
- [laughs]
DAVE: If you look at the
evidence surrounding this,
I'll be hoping that
we put you in a plaster cast
for your first eight weeks.
If everything goes to plan,
you come out
and start your rehabilitation,
and I would hope
that approximately
three months after,
you'd be looking at getting
the full range of movement
and improving strength.
[delicate orchestral music]
ROB McELHENNEY: He's
inarguably the best goalie
in the National League,
a major asset.
Looks like it's going to be
about four months of recovery
and it's devastating.
The reality in sports is that
it's also an opportunity.
PHIL: When Rob got injured,
that was a blow
because Rob had been
playing really well.
So Christian Dibble
has come in,
and I'm confident
in Dibbs anyway.
But there is a difference,
when suddenly,
you're now the man.
Dibbs has got an opportunity
to stake a claim
for the shirt.
[whistle blows]
PERSON: Good, Dibbs!
CHRISTIAN: As a goalkeeper,
I think you got
to be so strong mentally.
Last season,
I had a couple of bad games.
Which, you know,
everyone's got
like I said,
everyone's gonna have 'em.
But it was just the manner of
some of the way the
Wrexham fans were towards me,
sending me messages
on Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter.
[solemn music]
It got to a point where I
didn't want to come into work.
Like, I physically dreaded
playing in every game.
You had 5,000 fans
on a player's back
every single week,
and he wants to go out
and do his best.
And he's got that in his head
every time he steps
on the football pitch.
It's not easy.
The season, the gaffer,
he said, "Look, come in.
Be number two and give
good competition to Rob."
And once my opportunity comes
around, I need to take it.
So I'd like to think
there isn't a number one
at this club
who is going
to start every game.
But obviously, the manager
gave that shirt to Rob,
and then obviously
when he gets injured,
I'm coming in and
I'm fighting for that shirt.
I did start fresh
to start the season.
But I had to do that,
because if I didn't do that,
then I probably wouldn't
be playing football anymore.
But it just sucked the life
out of me, really.
[chuckles]
Would have killed me, but
I went into this season
knowing what I needed to learn
from the season before.
It started to get better
because I felt more confident
in myself,
you know,
in terms of the fans.
I personally think
this season,
I really have shown quite
a few of them what I can do,
and I've hopefully changed
their mind a little bit.
[upbeat jazz music]
ANNOUNCER: Well, here we go.
Match day 34.
Wrexham squaring off against
the worst team in the league,
Dover Athletic.
They've been truly awful
this year.
Serendipitous opposition
for Christian Dibble today
as he continues to gain his
sea legs for the first team.
On the current run of form,
this game should
be a confidence builder
for the new Wrexham's
number one.
Prediction for today.
I'm hoping for 3-0.
- 4-0.
- 5-0, Wrexham.
ROB: This is Rob.
RYAN: This is Ryan,
co-chairman of Wrexham AFC.
ROB: Wrexham has been
doing so well recently,
we've decided to call this
game against Dover Athletic,
which is the
worst team in the league.
RYAN: And we are
of course joined by
the incomparable voice of
Wrexham AFC, Mark Griffiths.
Right,
we're about to get cracking.
[upbeat jazz music]
ROB: Just six minutes in,
Mullin blasts one in.
MARK: Another Mullin special!
RYAN: Followed by James Jones,
who makes it 2-0, Wrexham.
MARK:
Very cool finish by Jones.
RYAN: I love this game.
ROB: Well, Mr. Co-Chairman,
it looks like
we have this one in the bag.
[cheering]
[upbeat jazz music slows down]
MARK: What a goal!
[fans cheering]
Oh, the Wrexham fans
are all applauding that,
which maybe shows that
we think this game
is not that challenging.
[tense music]
2-all!
Unbelievable!
Wrexham are 3-2 down.
Tozer has it
he's in trouble here!
Dibbleit's going to be 4-2.
Dibble punched Tozer.
4-2.
[cheering]
And now the anger comes.
I can't believe what
I'm seeing here.
Cross comes in!
Gyasi, five.
Hat trick for Gyasi.
ROB: Dover jumps ahead
by three goals.
What just happened?
MARK:
Wrexham are falling apart.
Christian Dibble
looks lost out there.
Dover Athletic haven't scored
five goals this calendar year.
But I'll tell you what,
they just scored their
fifth goal in this match.
Wrexham trail the worst team
in the league 5-2.
My word.
[booing and whistling]
[tense music]
RYAN: In a radical act
of self-care,
I'm ending this episode early.
But now I'm getting texts
to turn it back on.
MARK:
Goes back and that's a goal!
[cheering]
Wrexham pull one back.
It's getting the fans going,
and they're responding
in fair play.
ROB: I think we're going
to let Mark
take it the rest of the way,
but we do want to introduce
this decibel meter
for no specific reason.
RYAN: Just a reminder,
this is Mark.
MARK: Here's Jarvis,
running at his man,
cutting in the box,
squares it up,
chance at a shot,
drivenyes!
It's in!
What a brilliant finish
by Palmer!
[cheering]
He toe bolted it!
A toe-buster!
This is madness!
We're back
in this game!
Oh, well.
Davies steps up, sweeps
it beyond the wall.
[cheering]
Yes! Yes!
[indistinct]
Gareth Bale!
We've got
Jordan Davies!
Come on!
Five-all!
We've got six or
seven minutes to play.
Wow.
[dramatic music]
[fans chanting]
Well,
we are attacking.
What am I going to say
if we get another?
[dramatic music]
It's the 97th minute.
It's another corner.
Young under the bar,
it's side
flicked on!
Yes! Yes! Yes!
[cheering]
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!- Yeah!
MARK: Just in case
you haven't realized,
Wrexham have scored!
[laughs]
Can't compete
with that!
Everybody in the Racecourse
is on their feet!
And I think
that win's in.
[laughs]
Oh, my God!
Wild afternoon!
It's Always Sunny
in Wrexham!
[whistle blows]
[cheering]
Oh, yes!
There's that
final whistle!
ANNOUNCER:
Wrexham have won this.
MARK: I love football.
Oh, my God.
I'm absolutely buzzing.
WhatI'm hoarse.
What a game that was.
[chuckling] Hey!
[laughter]
[laughter]
[laughter]
[solemn music]
[soft upbeat music]
FAN: I picked a bad time
to stop biting my nails.
I'm telling you,
they're never going to survive
to the end of the season.
They got to be down
to my knuckles by then.
Oh, dear.
And we beat Chesterfield.
I think that's
when we started to believe
that we had the chance.
FAN: Yeah.
Hang on to that
for the playoffs, belief.
And how many goals have
we scored this season
in the last minute?
Or in injury time.
FAN: Yeah.
Which just goes to show
that we just don't give up.
They've battled
and battled back,
and the excitement,
we got to win now.
And especially last minute
like that, it's like whoa.
And isn't it lovely to
see all the people
waiting outside the club
to get autographs?
I mean,
we didn't used to have that.
They'd all be gone.
FAN: And seeing children
around Wrexham
with Wrexham shirts.
FAN 2: Yes.
Not Chelsea or Man United.
FAN: Or Liverpool.
Wrexham, yes.
FAN 2: Yes.
[soft upbeat music]
ANNETTE: It's been a lot more
popular with the students.
There's more now deciding,
the younger ones,
that are going
to be Wrexham fans.
What do you think about Mullin?
Super Paul Mullin.
It's cracking play, I think.
ANNETTE: The support
is just brilliant.
It's a whole mindset, isn't it,
of everybody's got
the same goal?
There's a good rapport now
between the players
and the fans.
I think on our day,
we can beat anybody.
It's just belief, I think.
I think it's belief
in being able
to work together as a team,
seeing that
they put the effort in,
seeing that
they play together,
seeing that they care.
They've got heart.
It's a difference.
[pensive music]
TYLER: In football,
it is super tough,
because it's so cutthroat.
So you can be really close
to somebody,
and then all of a sudden,
they're gone.
He's gone from
one end of the country
to the other end
of the country.
And then you could probably
never see them again.
I think that's why sometimes
footballers don't get
emotionally attached,
because there's so many
ups and downs with teammates,
with fans, with a bit
of everything, really.
Like again, getting attached
to a club, it's the same.
You get attached to a club,
and then all of a sudden,
you're never going to play
for the club again.
So it's tough.
Certainly, it's tough.
[pensive music]
PHIL: With the players who've
been part of this journey,
they've been part
of something special
in terms of the ownership
of the club,
the TV documentary,
some of the fantastic games
you've had.
[pensive music]
Yeah, watching
each other's back,
looking out for each other
is important.
As a manager, you kind of
guide that and oversee it.
And you try and make sure
that they move on
to the next challenge,
you know,
knowing that we've looked
after them
or looked out for them.
[pensive music]
Yeah, from my point of view, Campbell,
you've been great as a lad
and we're sorry to see you go,
but I think we both know
you're frustrated, aren't ya?
Yeah.
PHIL: And you need to play.
You know,
we don't give up anybody
because we can't do loans.
We want to keep
everyone 'round.
But for you,
I think with the career
you've had up to this point
where you've not had enough
minutes of football
CAMERON: For sure.
I feel it's unfair to stop
you having the opportunity,
'cause that's what you need.
CAMERON: I appreciate that.
PHIL: I think
you're a talented player.
You don't want to be
the perennial sub, d'ya?
CAMERON: No.
And I think that you know
you're in the position
of that could happen to you.
And I think because of
your age, you need to play.
No, I appreciate that.
So that's why we've
decided to let you go.
CAMERON: No,
I really appreciate that.
So I wish you all the best.
Wish you all the best,
my son.
Stay in touch.
We'll be watching you closely.
Nice one.
Take it easy.
The best.
PERSON: Make sure you do it.
CAMERON: I'm going to try.
- You take care.
CAMERON: I will.
Do not take that smile
off your face.
CAMERON: I'll try my best.
[indistinct chatter]
See you later, guys.
- I know you're off.
All the best, too.
[pensive music]
PERSON: He's going to his car.
CAMERON:
Yeah, it's mixed emotions.
Obviously excited to go home,
see all my friends,
and play football.
But obviously, I'm going
to miss Giles, Frenchie,
living with them,
winding people up.
And the staff and the players.
They're a good group
of people here,
and it's just a shame
I can't be a part
of getting them promoted now.
But I've got to
be a bit selfish
and think of me,
to be honest with you,
so that's the plan.
I'm going to miss you, too.
Good luck, mate.
PERSON: All right.
We're going to just watch you
drive off into the sunset.
Yeah? Cool. Cheers, guys.
See you later.
See ya.
[solemn music]